A pilot investigation of operator variability during intra-oral light curing

British Dental Journal

Volumn 193, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 276-280

  Shortall, A C ^a   Harrington, E ^a   Patel, H B ^a   Lumley, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL STUDENT; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTIST; HUMAN; LIGHT; MOLAR TOOTH; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT STUDY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPOSITE RESINS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTISTS; HUMANS; LIGHT; MOLAR; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STUDENTS, DENTAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037077942     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4801545     Document Type: Article

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